Archive for August, 2008

WordPress and Podpress: Another Fix

26, Aug 2008

A couple weeks ago I posted about Podpress being broken when I upgraded my blogs to WordPress 2.6. The fix was disabling the new feature that allows tracking changes to posts. Well I came across another fix today that might just work as well AND allow me to track changes to posts. I don’t know [...]

Muxtape alternative, Opentape

26, Aug 2008

Have you ever made a mix tape for someone? Way back “in the day”? Well for a short while the modern day/Internet alternative was Muxtape. You were able to upload MP3 files to Muxtape and the service would create a nice interface for someone to enjoy your mix. Unfortunately they were shutdown this last week [...]

What if Mega Man 3 had lyrics?

26, Aug 2008

Did you play Mega Man when you were a kid? I remember sitting in Andy Wenger’s bedroom playing Mega Man on his tiny 13-inch television on a NES system. Good times. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

Early Artistic Talent

18, Aug 2008

On Sunday, the family and I took my 92 year old grandmother out for lunch. While at lunch, she pulled out a small envelope. Enclosed in that envelope was a hand drawn picture on it. To my surprise, it was a drawing that I made when she married her second husband, Albert, on 12/31/1979. I [...]

Water Rates Increasing

5, Aug 2008

I really had no other place to post this little tidbit of news and that’s really what this blog is for. I live in the city of Long Beach, CA. I received a letter from the Water Department of Long Beach today that they are increasing the water and sewer rates. Bullshit, yes, but even [...]


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